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Gardening Basics – Planters, Beds, and Trellises
This is my favorite time of year – PLANTING TIME! I love to garden! I love the satisfaction of growing our food, picking it to prepare dinner, and canning it to use during the winter. This is my 5th...
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Gardening Basics – Soil Prep
The first and most important preparation you need to do when gardening, is prepare the soil properly. Today I am going to share a simple guidelines. Every city, every piece of lands soil is going to...
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Garden Basics – Planting & Pests
Today we are going through the basics of planting, some tips and tricks for some specific vegetables, and also some common pests that might try to make their home in your garden. The first thing to...
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Using Essential Oils in the Yard & Garden
Pests Pests NASTY Pests! They can totally ruin your garden… and fast! Lisa has had fun over the years battling different bugs, she shared them yesterday in her Planting and Pests post! I was SO...
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Gathering Basket
I’m so happy it’s Friday!!! Today I want to share with you one of my new favorite things around our house! Last year when I would go out to my garden in the morning, I would always have to send one of...
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Bottling Tomatoes
When I first started canning I was terrified of tomatoes. I heard all sorts of comments about how dangerous it was and you could kill your whole family without even knowing it! Seriously? Ridiculous!...
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Potting Time!
I love to garden. I have dreams of having a lush English rose type of garden. There is only one problem – I live in the middle of the freaking desert! I have been hanging onto an old headboard and...
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From Oops to Ahhh!
We have a day in our house that we don’t talk about very much. John was helping me while I was in CA taking care of my Mom by running my Grandma Irene’s teacups and saucers to an event. Well, he was...
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Make a Screen for Your AC Unit
I am so proud of myself! This is my first start to finish project that I have made all by myself. I came up with the design by myself, cut all the wood, and did almost all of the labor by myself. I had...
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Garden Time!
I’ll be honest – this year I’m not planting a garden and I’m SUPER sad about it. I’m gonna have a new baby and I would have to prep new land to garden this year and I just didn’t have it in me. Lisa...
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DIY Pest Control for Under $30 a Year!
We were one of the first people to move into our neighborhood which meant we had bugs – lots of them. Nasty bugs too, like black widows, cockroaches, and scorpion’s! Pest Control was not an option!...
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Canning Cilantro Lime Enchilada Sauce
I have a recipe that I love for Enchilada Sauce. I make a ton each summer with the tomatillos we grow but then it has to be frozen, which takes up to much space in my freezer. Last summer I had a good...
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Window Planters
We have window boxes in two of our front windows. I originally had them in a coconut liner but with how hot it is here in Southern Utah it dried out too fast. It also wore through faster than I wanted....
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Mexican Bruschetta
We are overloaded with tomatoes from our garden. It’s a good problem to have! We love bruschetta and decided that we wanted to try a Mexican version. It was delicious and we loved it! Its almost like a...
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Blushing Peach Jam Recipe plus Free Jar Printable
My friend, Crystal, had a recipe for Blushing Peach Jam that we tried with all the peaches we had. It was not only delish, but pretty too! I made jar labels to put on the jars so we could give them as...
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Canning Cilantro Lime Enchilada Sauce
I have a recipe that I love for Enchilada Sauce. I make a ton each summer with the tomatillos we grow but then it has to be frozen, which takes up to much space in my freezer. Last summer I had a good...
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Window Planters
We have window boxes in two of our front windows. I originally had them in a coconut liner but with how hot it is here in Southern Utah it dried out too fast. It also wore through faster than I wanted....
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DIY Front Porch Bench
Check it out! We finally got rid of our old and falling apart bench! Lets be honest, our last bench was more for looks because we were all afraid to sit on it! Now our porch is finally a comfortable...
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How to Build a Garden for $100 + 5 Tips to Make it a Success!
Spring is here friends! Want to know what that means to us girls here at Over the Big Moon? It means we get to start planning our gardens and flower pots! I am SOO excited, because I get to garden...
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Tips for Soil Preparation Before Laying Sod
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Gilmour. All opinions are 100% mine. A year ago this weekend we moved into our new home in Northern Utah! Over the last year we have been working on...
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